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Prang Srithep
Keywords : Prang, Prang Song Pi Nong, Srithep Historical Park , Prang Srithep, Angkor Wat
| Site common name | Prang Srithep |
|---|---|
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Sub district | Si Thep |
| District | Si Thep |
| Province | Phetchabun |
| Region | Central |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 15.465536 Long : 101.145046 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 730200.73 N : 1711047.83 |
| Place of artwork | Inside Srithep Historical Park towards the east of Mueang Nai. |
| History of production | No evidence related to the establishing history |
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| Production process | Brick building on laterite base |
| Conservation | Announcement of registration of archaeological remains in the Government Gazette issue 52, volume 75, 8 March 1932. |
| Art | Prang Srithep archaeological site consists of the principle prasat, Banalai or repositories for scriptures, Gopuras, walls, a platform or the cross-shaped walkway, the Naga Bridge, and a rectangular building that runs parallel to the Naga Bridge. The Principal prasat is a brick prasat in a square plan with corners added. It is located on a two-story lotus petal base made of laterite. The entrance is on the east, the other three entrances are false doors and inside the false doors are holes made to place sculptures of idols. Currently, there are no traces or decorations on the prasat. The original architecture might have a wooden roof at the front of the building since traces of a large round pole and a lot of clay roof tiles on the floor of the lotus petal base. From the antiquities found in the area of Prang Srithep, an image of Shiva with four arms included, therefore the age of Prang Srithep is determined to be around the 16th-17th B.E. |
| Key academic information | It is an important prasat in Khmer culture of Mueang Srithep. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lopburi, Angkor Wat |
| Age | 17th century B.E. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Sect | Shaivite |
| Religion and belief | Shaivism in Brahminism |
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| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2016-06-09 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
| Bibliography | กนกวลี สุริยะธรรม. ร่องรอยหลักฐานการนับถือศาสนาพราหมณ์ช่วงก่อนพุทธศตวรรษที่ 16 ที่พบบริเวณชุมชนเมืองศรีเทพ จ.เพชรบูรณ์. สารนิพนธ์ (ศศ.บ. (โบราณคดี)) มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2541. อรนุช แสงจารึก. คติการนับถือศาสนาพราหมณ์ลัทธิไศวนิกายที่เมืองศรีเทพ. สารนิพนธ์ (ศศ.บ. (โบราณคดี)) มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2527. |
